ADVENT WEEK 4 SUNDAY MORNING PRAISE

 

SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD

 SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

FOURTH WEEK OF ADVENT



PSALTER WEEK IV

 DECEMBER 18

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VIRTUAL RESOURCES

FULL ROMAN RITE SERVICES

Three Models (Options) for Praying this Morning

Praying with Christ Every Day, Every Where will be greatly helped by a variety of models and options. 

Becoming skillful in understanding and adapting these models 
for both personal and communal prayer is a major goal of this website. 

The Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours promotes both recitation in common as well as singing the Hours. 

The first model with its option below emphasizes recitation in common. 
the second model emphasizes the sung nature of the celebration. 
The third model with its easy-to- read monthly booklet is very suitable for personal meditative prayer and study, including marking the text. 

Each of the three Options contains the full official text of Roman Rite for Morning Prayer.  

Links to two websites are embedded here for convenience 
so that one does not have to go to their websites, then locate the desired posting.
 Embedded links do not contain YouTube advertisements.

Each of three Options has a beginning hymn. These are noted below to help you chose among options.  You can begin with one option and its hymn then with a little dexterity switch to another option.

RECITATION IN COMMON MODEL

DIVINE OFFICE.ORG OPTION

Excellent model of small (household size) community reciting the office with sung hymn at the beginning. Experience the Hours as community prayer even when praying alone and as skill building in preparation for praying with others as a small group.  


Invitatory Psalm 95
Hymn: "Low the Dim Shadows"
Translation by Maxwell Julius Blacker of "Ecce, jam noctis?"
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COMPLETELY SUNG MODEL

SING THE HOURS OPTION

Excellent model of totally sung office mostly by one very talented young person. His father is an excellent translator of Latin Hymns. Although they use some Latin, there is always an English translation. They use simple, mainly Gregorian, chants. 

If you desire to sing along, try chanting only every other verse. 
Listen to the cantor for the remaining verses. 
This corresponds to the ancient practice of alternating between cantor and choir. 


Hymn: "Come thou long expected Jesus."
English Gospel Canticle & Lord's Prayer
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PERSONAL MEDITATION MODEL

WORD ON FIRE OPTION

Bishop Baron's organization recently began producing a monthly booklet that contains Morning, Evening, and Night Prayer for each day. It reads straight through like a book, except for the beginning hymns for each hour which are all in the back of the booklet.  

Below is a close approximation to the hymn they have chosen. Often the video has more or different verses. Sometimes the translation is different. Sometimes the tune. More rarely the choice of hymn has been changed due to the lack of available videos. 

 WORD ON FIRE BOOKLET: DECEMBER 2022, pages 339-377

O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Traditional Choir


6,922,844 views / Nov 13, 2012

HYMN SELECTED FROM MY PERSONAL FAVORITES

This fourth hymn option reflects the blog author's music collection (first vinyl discs, then cassettes, then CDs) that have been used over the years to support celebration of the Hours.  

O Adonai: O Antiphon
Gregorian Chant Schola of Saint Meinrad Archabbey - Topic

4,040 views / Dec 1, 2015

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THE FOUR WEEK PSALTER 

WALKING AND SINGING WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD

For health reasons, I walk forty to fifty minutes each morning and evening on a treadmill. The two above offices total about thirty-five minutes. Adding some of the additional options below brings the time to over forty-five minutes. The three options are interleaved by opening three tabs on the computer in front of the treadmill. With a little more dexterity, they could be interweaved on a cellphone or pad. The repetition of each psalm three time in three different formats provides a pleasing ritual experience. 

PSALM 118

Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness,
  and his love is for ever.

Psalm 117 
Confitémini Dómino, quóniam bonus,*
  quóniam in sǽculum misericórdia eius.





Orthodox Chant in English: Psalm 117 (118)


DANIEL 3:52-57

Blessed are you, Lord God of our fathers,
  praised and exalted for ever.

Benedíctus es, Dómine Deus patrum nostrórum,*
  et laudábilis et superexaltátus in sǽcula;


PSALM 150

Praise the Lord in his sanctuary,
  praise him in his mighty firmament.

Laudáte Dóminum in sanctuário eius,*   laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis eius.




Ryan Murphy conducts the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square 
in César Frank's "Psalm 150."




Short Responsory
We give thanks to you, O God, and invoke your name.
We recount your wonderful deeds.

Responsorium breve
℣.  Confitébimur tibi, Deus,* Et invocábimus nomen tuum..
℟. Narrábimus mirabília tua..


Antiphon
Mary set out and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. 

Exsúrgens María ábiit in montána cum festinatióne in civitátem Iudæ 
et intrávit in domum Zacharíæ et salutávit Elísabeth.


Antiphon
The Son of Man must suffer grievously, be rejected by the elders, and be put to death, and after three days rise again

Opórtet Fílium hóminis pati multa et reprobári a senióribus et occídi et post tres dies resúrgere.

BENEDICTUS

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
  for he has come to his people and brought about their redemption

Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israel,*
  quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebi suæ

ANGLICAN MORNING PRAYER

DEANERY GARDEN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
An excellent model of how to incorporate liturgical prayer
into our daily lives including plants, animals and the environment
as well the daily events of today and history

RECORDED DAILY SERVICES 2021





0:00 Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance"
0:40 Hymn: “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus," Charles Wesley
2:00 Psalm 118 (Gregorian tone 4)
6:41 Canticle: Daniel 3v52-57 (Gregorian tone 5)
8:47 Psalm 150 (Gregorian tone 6) (sorry wrong text ant.3!)
10:15 Reading: Romans 13v11-12
10:48 Responsory: Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on us.
11:22 Canticle of Zechariah (Luke 1v68-79) (Gregorian tone 8)
13:57 Intercessions: Come, Lord Jesus!
14:52 The Lord’s Prayer
15:23 Concluding Prayers
16:20 Immaculate Mary (c.1905)

RECORDED DAILY SERVICES 2020


Dean Roberts adapts and integrates Anglican Morning Prayer with history and ecology

Audio produced by group of lay people in Utah, video by site in Philippines.

English translation available at Divinum Officium  chose 12/20 Laudes, Monastic, English
 




MENU OF OPTIONS
Recommended Choices

TRISAGION

FROM THE BYZANTINE TRADITION

Many Choices for the Trisagion


Antiphon. 
The crooked * shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain; 
O Lord, come, and do not tarrying. Alleluia.
FROM THE MONASTIC ANTIPHONAL FOR THIS DAY
Erunt prava * in dirécta, et áspera in vias planas:
 veni, Dómine, et noli tardáre, allelúja.

PSALM 102

FROM THE ANGLICAN PSALTER FOR THE DAY OF THE MONTH


Antiphon. 
Behold, the desire * of all nations shall come;
and the house of the Lord shall be filled with glory. Alleluia.
FROM THE MONASTIC ANTIPHON FOR THIS DAY
Ecce véniet * desiderátus cunctis géntibus:
 et replébitur glória domus Dómini, allelúja.

PSALM 103

FROM THE ANGLICAN PSALTER FOR THE DAY OF THE MONTH



Antiphon
Sound the trumpet in Sion, for the Lord is near: 
see, he will come to save us. Alleluia. 

Cánite tuba in Sion, quia prope est dies Dómini:
 ecce véniet ad salvándum nos, allelúia.

FROM THE ROMAN LITURGY OF THE HOURS

PSALM 118

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, and his kindness is for ever.

PSALM 117:1-29
Confitémini Dómino, quóniam bonus,*   quóniam in sǽculum misericórdia eius.


Antiphon
The Lord comes! Go to meet him and say: 
‘Great is his reign and his kingdom will have no end. 
He is God, the Strong One, the Prince of peace, alleluia.’.

Dóminus véniet, occúrrite illi, dicéntes: 
Magnum princípium et regni eius non erit finis: 
Deus fortis, Dominátor, Princeps pacis, allelúia.

FROM THE ROMAN LITURGY OF THE HOURS

CANTICLE DANIEL 3

Blessed are you, Lord God of our fathers, praised and exalted for ever.

DANIEL 3:52-5
Benedíctus es, Dómine Deus patrum nostrórum,* et laudábilis et superexaltátus in sǽcula;


SANCTUS: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

PERSONAL ADDITION

Many choices for the Sanctus

Antiphon
Your all-powerful Word, Lord, will come from the royal throne. Alleluia.

Omnípotens Sermo tuus, Dómine, a regálibus sédibus véniet, allelúia.


FROM THE ROMAN LITURGY OF THE HOURS

PSALM 150

Praise the Lord in his sanctuary, praise him in his mighty firmament.

Laudáte Dóminum in sanctuário eius,* laudáte eum in firmaménto virtútis eius.


LECTIONARY READING

ROMAN :Short Reading from Romans 13:11-12 




Short Responsory
Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us.
You are coming into the world. 
FROM THE ROMAN LITURGY OF THE HOURS

Responsorium breve
℣. Christe, Fili Dei vivi,* Miserére nobis. .
℟.  Qui ventúrus es in mundum.



Antiphon
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a virgin
 betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; 
and the virgin’s name was Mary. Alleluia.
FROM THE ROMAN LITURGY OF THE HOURS

Missus est Gábriel ángelus a Deo ad Maríam vírginem
 desponsátam Ioseph, de domo David, 
et nomen vírginis María, allelúi